"blazing a path" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to refer to a person or group doing something new or innovative, which others can then follow. For example, "The new start-up business is blazing a path for others to follow in sustainability initiatives."
Here was Michael again blazing a path from black America to white.
In the Knicks renaissance that took shape in Isiah Thomas's head, Eddy Curry and Zach Randolph were twin bulldozers, brutishly blazing a path to better days.
"Television is blazing a path for queer female voices right now, and similar visibility in theater and film is catching up fast – it's about critical mass.
So the story that Newsweek online was blazing a path into the future rather than lurching towards oblivion seemed to have some validity.
'THE BENDS,' Radiohead (Capitol, 1995): Both this CD and its follow-up, "O.K. Computer," are among the most virtuosic, spellbinding rock releases of the last decade, blazing a path that other bands can watch from a distance.
Dr. Oppenheimer and his colleagues are, therefore, blazing a path that will be trod by more astronomers in the next few years, as the technology of telescopes and cameras continues to improve and scientists ramp up for the planet finder.
Rationality allowed a solitary thinker to blaze a path to philosophical, moral and scientific enlightenment.
But amid the lingering grief, the K.H.L. continues to blaze a path into the future.
This minority group blazed a path that changed the world around them.
She was expected to get it right, to represent, to set an example and blaze a path.
The hope is that passionate "early adopters" will blaze a path toward mass acceptance of a new technology.
